Heartsaver First Aid Student Workbook

• Updated to reflect new science in the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR & ECC
• After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
  • List the priorities, roles, and responsibilities of the first aid rescue
  • Describe the key steps in first aid
  • Remove protective gloves
  • Find the problem
  • Describe the assessment and first aid actions for the following life-threatening conditions: heart attack, difficulty breathing, choking, severe bleeding, shock, and stroke
  • Use an epinephrine pen
  • Control bleeding and bandaging
  • Recognize elements of common injuries
  • Recognize elements of common illnesses
  • Describe how to find information on preventing illness and injury
  • Recognize the legal questions that apply to first aid rescuers
  • Describe how high-quality CPR improves survival
  • Explain the concepts of the Chain of Survival
  • Recognize when someone needs CPR
  • Perform high-quality CPR for an adult
  • Perform as a team member during multi-rescuer CPR
  • Give effective breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask for all age groups
  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on an adult
  • Perform high-quality CPR for a child
  • Demonstrate how to use an AED on a child (optional)
  • Perform high-quality CPR for an infant (optional)
  • Describe how to use an AED on an infant (optional)
  • Describe when and how to help a choking adult or child
  • Demonstrate how to help a choking infant (optional)
• Upon successful completion of the course, including a first aid skills demonstration and a CPR and AED skills test, students will receive a Heartsaver® First Aid CPR AED course completion card, which is valid for two years.
• Includes 1 Heartsaver® Adult CPR AED Reminder Card (7-panel, not sold separately), 1 Heartsaver® Child & Infant CPR AED Reminder Card (8-panel, not sold separately), and 1 Heartsaver® First Aid Quick Reference Guide (5-panel; #15-1022)

Replaces #90-1026

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